1. His birth is recorded among the Jewish births on the last folio (folio 77) of Vol. VII (1866-1873) of the Roman Catholic birth records of the Bennisch parish. Baptized along with his wife and infant son, Erich, at the Pfarrkirche St. Othmar in Mödling, Austria, on 9 Oct. 1901. By decree of 17 Dec 1901 of the Austrian Statthalterei in Vienna, the name Kohn was officially changed to Kerry (for Fritz, his wife Ida, geb. Löwe, and their son Erich) at which time Fritz was listed as born in Bennisch, but originating from Freudenthal, and currently working as a supplier for a shoe factory in Mödling (the name change was ordered in Austrian Silesia on 17 March 1902 at Troppau). He sailed (with his wife and son Erich) on the Koenigin Luise departing from Genoa, Italy, on 4 May 1905 and arriving in New York (Ellis Island) on 18 May 1905. Filed a Declaration of Intention for Naturalization in the Circuit Court of Cook Co., Ill. on 21 June 1907, and a Petition of Naturalization in the same Court on 6 Feb. 1911. [456]